Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private — Dell announced Tuesday that it had agreed to go private in a $24 billion deal led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis. — Under the terms of the deal, the buyers' consortium …

HP Issues Statement on Dell's Leveraged Buyout Plan — HP today issued the following statement related to Dell's announcement to enter into an agreement to be acquired by Michael Dell and Silver Lake: “Dell has a very tough road ahead. The company faces an extended period of uncertainty …

Introducing Your Instagram Feed on the Web — Today, I'm very excited to announce the launch of a product we've been wanting to build for quite some time now. Since our launch in October of 2010, we've focused on building a simple app that has inspired creativity while capturing everyday moments through the lens of your mobile phone.

OUYA Finds a Friend With Amazon — OUYA, an Android-powered video game console that was funded on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, will begin selling consoles through Amazon, Gamestop and several other retailers. — The retailers will begin accepting pre-orders for both consoles and controllers on Tuesday …

Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock — Today we're happy to announce that we have acquired Bluefin Labs, a leading social TV analytics company that provides data products to brand advertisers, agencies, and TV networks. We believe that Bluefin's data science capabilities and social TV expertise …

Apple Tries (A Little) Harder to Get Its Message Out — Apple has been subtly increasing some of its PR—at least for now. — Last week, the company issued a press release to announce it was upgrading its mobile operating system from iOS 6 to 6.1. It was the first time Apple has issued …

BlackBerry Z10 “Off to a Better Start Than Lumia 920” — More preliminary evidence that the new BlackBerry Z10 is off to a better start than some had foreseen: A pair of research notes lending further credence to early reports of strong demand for BlackBerry's first BlackBerry 10 handset.

About.me Buys Itself Back From AOL — Here's your next challenge as a founder of a start-up: Sell your company to a digital behemoth for tens of millions of dollars, then buy it back for a fraction of the cost. Oh, and keep the change. — On Monday, About.me, an online identity Web site …

Why Amazon wants its own currency — Coins are the latest attempt to shore up loyalty... and maybe avoid some taxes — Despite the failures of Facebook Credits, Microsoft Points, and the dot-com virtual currency Flooz, Amazon has decided to mint its own money.

Growing Numbers of Start-Ups Are Worth a Billion Dollars — SAN FRANCISCO — The number of privately held Silicon Valley start-ups that are worth more than $1 billion shocks even the executives running those companies. — “I thought we were special,” said Phil Libin, chief executive of Evernote …

Aaron Swartz and how to identify a martyr — In the penultimate speech of the evening at last night's memorial for Aaron Swartz in Washington DC, Berin Szoka, the president of the group TechFreedom, offered some words that were uncomfortable for some. Speaking of the Internet activist's alleged crime …